Corporate Cleanup
Are new corporate accountability measures making a difference or making a mess? Finance faculty and a Wall Street investigative journalist debate their impact.
James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate Becomes a Reality
In April, a long-sought goal was reached. The Center for Real Estate was renamed the James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate in memory of the legendary figure in real estate education.
More than 250 alumni and friends attended the two-day dedication and related events to recognize the generosity and hard work of those who wished to commemorate Professor Graaskamp’s life and legacy and to celebrate the bright future of the Wisconsin real estate program. Nearly 600 alumni and friends raised almost $11 million in gifts to honor James Graaskamp and maintain Wisconsin as the premier real estate program in the nation.
Professor Timothy Riddiough, the center’s academic director, told those who attended, “We are extremely grateful to our alumni, Board of Advisors and other friends for helping us achieve this important outcome. Our role is to act as the caretaker of the Graaskamp legacy and to continue to foster innovation in real estate research and education.”
(Top) Stuart Ackerberg (center), CEO of The Ackerberg Group, presented at the inaugural lecture of the E.J. Plesko Distinguished Speaker Series in Real Estate Development. The series was generously funded by E.J. Plesko (left), a member of the Graaskamp Center’s advisory board and president of E.J. Plesko & Associates. At right is Professor Tim Riddiough, who holds the E.J. Plesko Chair of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, and is the academic director of the Graaskamp Center for Real Estate.
(Bottom) Those attending the center dedication included Chuck Heath, president & CEO, Horizon Development Group, Inc.; Jim Curtis, principal, The Bristol Group, and Arun Bhatia, president, Arun Bhatia Development Corp.
Update Magazine June 2007
Feature Stories
Jumping on the Brandwagon:
Why companies are paying handsomely to make sure you see their brands more and more in movies, TV shows, even in the books you read.
Keeping Pay at Bay
Soaring CEO salaries are the target of increasing controversy. Will Congress step in to set limits?
Should it?
Why Don't We Have Better Bosses?
Even with good intentions on both sides, supervisor-employee relations can be fraught. A look at what keeps us from having (and being) better bosses.
Departments
JUNE 2007 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 1
EDITOR: Lari Fanlund
DESIGN: Lori Strelow, Anna Dulmes
EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE: Jennifer Asselin and Scott Voss
EDITORIAL BOARD: Alisa Robertson, Melissa Amos-Landgraf, Tina Frailey, Jim Kubek, Richard Lee, Mark Matosian, Deborah Mitchell, Kayleen Reilly, Steve Schroeder and Charlie Trevor
COVER: Product placement is all around, in places you may or may not expect, and it’s not happening by accident—as Marjani Coffey, a second-year Wisconsin MBA student in Brand and Product Management, helps illustrate.
Cover photo for UPDATE
by Bob Rashid.
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